L. DAVENPORT /S. Karatantcheva 6-3, 6-2
An interview with:
LINDSAY DAVENPORT
THE MODERATOR: First question.
Q. You probably played 500 of these matches against somebody's name you can't
pronounce. Do you remember any of them? Do you have any memory of any of
them? Do any of them stick in your mind for any reason?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: About the names or the young ones?
Q. The person, the match, the player, the site.
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Oh, yeah. I mean, I think I have a really good memory about
players. I think I'm a pretty good judge when I play someone
if they're going to end up, you know, being a good player or
not.
Yeah, it's tough. I mean, gosh, that's twice this year I've
had to play 15-year-olds that are pretty good actually. I
played Vaidisova at the Australian Open , and now I'll just
say Sesil today.
Gosh, I can't -- 15 is awfully young.
Q. Does she have a future?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Well, I think she hits the ball really well. I mean, I would
say yeah, for sure. But I'm not obviously -- I can't see
into the future that well about injuries and other stuff
like that. But, yeah, for 15, these girls are really good.
Q. Weren't you also pretty good at 15?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: I was pretty good. But, you know, it took me till when I was
in my 16th to come into the top hundred. You know, I think
that they all have a little bit more confidence than I had
in those years. And I think they've all been trained and
told that that is how it was going to be. It was all pretty
shocking to me and I was a little bit overwhelmed sometimes
in the beginning. These girls seem a little more focused
than I was.
I was good young. I made huge strides the year I turned 16.
Q. Are these the most difficult matches to play against someone with nothing to
lose in a first-round match?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: You know, I'm going to have to say finals of Grand Slams are
probably a little more difficult (laughter). You know, it is
true. I mean, you're always looking in the first few rounds
of holding opponents off, and especially the younger girls
that are very confident and have, like you said, nothing to
lose. There's something a little more added than a normal
first-round match, that's for sure. I don't think it's the
most difficult matches that we face during the year. But,
you know, it definitely adds a little bit more intensity to
the opening match.
Q. Do you remember her situation last year when she played here and she said
she was going to kick Sharapova's ass?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yes. I think that stemmed from them knowing each other from
Bollettieri's is what I heard. I didn't know her, so I
didn't expect her to say anything like that. But I don't
know.
But, you know, from some of the quotes I read, she said she
learned a lot about last year and speaking out like that. It's
probably just never a good situation to put yourself in by
saying that kind of stuff. The only kind of publicity you're
getting is negative, and it sounds like at 14 years old
she's very young and learned her lesson at a young age. You
know, I don't think there's been anything like that since.
Q. She said earlier she got ahead 2-1 today and she didn't know how to
deal with the lead. She felt more comfortable when you were leading.
LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Yeah, I mean, it's true. I remember when I was -- well, I
was a year later, but playing Steffi . The first set I lost
6-0, the second set I think I served for the set at 5-4. I
was just like, "I can't believe I'm serving for the set."
I mean, I must have said it and got broken at love, ended up
losing in a tiebreak.
But the one time I did get up, I was just like, "Wow, this
is so neat." It goes away quite quickly some of the time.
Yeah, I mean, fortunately for me it was very early in the
match and before I was able to really grab control, she
had a lead, but I was able to get it right back, I believe.
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